Is Seattle Sufi City USA? Hear a message of reverence for the Earth from a visiting religious leader

Pick up some good vibrations Friday night when Pir Zia Inayat-Khan, a leader in the Sufi tradition, brings his message of harmony with the Earth to North Seattle Community College.

Pir Zia Inayat-Khan

Farishtah Saaqib writes to say that the guest of the Seattle Area Sufi Community is “spiritual head of the Sufi Order International, a holistic, interfaith school of spiritual transformation and has a particular sensitivity to ecological concerns. He has studied extensively with masters of many paths including His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, in Dharamsala, India. . . Pir Zia holds a doctoral degree in Religion from Duke University and is a recipient of the U Thant Peace Award.”

A sample of his writing:

What is Earth’s cry today? The population of Homo sapiens is out of control, as is its insatiable appetite for consumption. . . (I)nstead of a genuine planetary civilization, we are witnesses to the proliferation of a soulless monoculture. At its heart, the human species remains as spiritually divided as ever — indeed more so, as sectarian ethnic, political and religious agendas take on a new misguided urgency in direct proportion to the absence of authentic personal and collective fulfillment. . . The taproot of pathological division is in the human psyche itself. The Western mind has undergone an epic cognitive odyssey over the last three hundred years.

His free public talk at 7:30 p.m. kicks off a weekend of events. More information here.